About the Data in Place upgrade of VSP 5000 series storage systems
For VSP 5000 series storage systems, you can perform a Data in Place upgrade to upgrade from VSP 5100, 5500, 5100H, 5500H to VSP 5200, 5600, 5200H, 5600H. The following describes things to keep in mind during a Data in Place upgrade as well as the operations to be performed after a Data in Place upgrade.
Notes on performing a Data in Place upgrade
While a Data in Place upgrade is being performed, if you run an API request
to get storage system information, new model names might be returned even if the upgrade is
not yet finished for all controllers.
Re-registering a storage system after a Data in Place upgrade
If you perform a Data in Place upgrade while a VSP 5100, 5500, 5100H, 5500H storage system is registered
as the remote storage system,
perform the following operations after the upgrade.
For the remote storage system:
- Getting information about the local storage system
Use the API request for getting information about a specific storage system to verify that the microcode version of the local storage system is one that can be used in a pair with a VSP 5200, 5600, 5200H, 5600H storage system.
- Deleting information about remote storage systems
Delete information about the upgraded remote storage system.
- Registering information about remote storage systems
Register information about the upgraded remote storage system.